Lab+8

==**1. Look over examples of her biomimetic principles applied to products in the slideshow located at [] and write a short, one paragraph synopsis for each of your four favourite product designs. (4 paragraphs)**==

__**High-Speed Train**__ The high-speed train is Japan's 500 Series Shinkansen.The high-speed train imitates two types of birds which are the following: an owl and a kingfisher. The designers imitated the serrations on the owl's feathers to make this train run faster without making any noise. The train's nose imitates the kingfisher's nose. The purpose of designing the train's nose like a kingfisher's nose is to reduce the noise that occurs when the train goes from a tunnel into the open air. The imitations to nature that the designers incorporated in their design for this train made this train run fast without producing a lot of noise.

__**Toxin-Free Glue**__ The toxin-free glue was created by Columbia Forest Products. The toxin-free glue was created in an effort to create a glue that is natural, and non-toxic. The toxin-free glue imitates the secretion that the mussels use to stick on surfaces that are underwater.

Sound Foresight created a sonar-enabled cane called UltraCane. This product was intended for people who are visually-impaired. UltraCane imitates the way bats get around in the dark. The bats get around in the dark by navigating their way in the dark in order to prevent themselves from bumping into objects that are around them. The cane works by sending out sound waves as the person holding it walks in order to sense any objects that might come in the way of the person such as a pole. The cane sends a warning to the person holding it through its handle when it senses any objects that are in the way.
 * __Sonar-Enabled Cane__**

__**Self-Cleaning Paint**__ The German company Sto sells self-cleaning paints that imitate the lotus leaves. The company decided to create self-cleaning paints that imitate the lotus leaves because they wanted look for an alternative for using unnatural things like toxic detergents to clean dirt on objects. The self-cleaning paints repel water just like the lotus leaves. The self-cleaning paints repel water in order to remove dirt on objects.

**2. Write three paragraphs defining how, according to Janine Benyus, "the simple, elegant mechanics developed by nature often make sense in a human context, too". (3 paragraphs)**
Janine Benyus is a biologist who is trying to encourage companies to imitate nature when designing their product in an effort to create a sustainable environment. In the quote "the simple, elegant mechanics developed by nature often make sense in a human context, too;" Benyus tries to say that humans can find solutions for many problems using the mechanics that are developed by nature. According to the TED video about Janine Benyus' nature designs, Benyus talks about the scaling problem a company was experiencing and how imitating a seashell can solve their problem. The mechanics of nature can be used to solve problems that we may have in anything. The imitation of things in nature can be used in solving many problems such as sustainability problems.

People can find many solutions for their problems by learning from the natural world. According to the TED video, many technicians have showed their knowledge of the natural world by creating software that imitate things from nature. Technicians do not apply all the things they learn from nature in all of their technologies.

Companies can use techniques from nature to create good, and natural products. The mechanics that are developed by nature can be used to create a sustainable environment where solutions to problems can be environment-friendly. People can make use of this natural world for problems they face if they focus carefully on things from nature. People can find things that can help them imitate the mechanics that are developed by nature when they want to solve their problems.